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There is a long standing discrepancy between the Standard Model prediction for the muon g-2 and the value measured by the Brookhaven E821 Experiment. At present the discrepancy stands at about three standard deviations, with a comparable…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-08-14 Graziano Venanzoni

The E989 Muon $g-2$ experiment at Fermilab aims to measure the anomalous magnetic moment, $a^{}_\mu$, of the muon with a precision of 140 parts-per-billion. This requires a precise measurement of both the anomalous spin precession…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-02-11 S. Corrodi , P. De Lurgio , D. Flay , J. Grange , R. Hong , D. Kawall , M. Oberling , S. Ramachandran , P. Winter

A precision measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment, $a_{\mu} = (g-2)/2$, was previously performed at BNL with a result of 2.2 - 2.7 standard deviations above the Standard Model (SM) theoretical calculations. The same experimental…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2013-01-30 C. Yoshikawa , A. Leveling , N. V. Mokhov , J. Morgan , D. Neuffer , S. Striganov

The Muon $g-2$ experiment at Fermilab aims to measure the muon anomalous magnetic moment with an unprecedented precision of 140 parts per billion (ppb). Data collection concluded in June 2023, and analysis of the largest dataset (2021-2023)…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-12-25 On Kim

The Muon $g\textrm{-}2$ Experiment (E989) at Fermilab has a goal of measuring the muon anomaly ($a_\mu$) with unprecedented precision using positive muons. This measurement is motivated by the difference between the previous Brookhaven…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-09-25 Eremey Valetov

The new g-2 experiment at Fermilab aims to measure the muon anomalous magnetic moment by a fourfold improvement in precision compared to the BNL experiment. Achieving this goal requires the delivery of highly polarized 3.094 GeV/c muons…

This article reviews the muon g-2 experiment, a cornerstone in precision tests of the Standard Model of particle physics. The experiment measures the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon with unprecedented accuracy, seeking potential…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-08-06 Marin Karuza

The E821 experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory is designed to measure the muon magnetic anomaly, a_mu, to an ultimate precision of 0.4 parts per million (ppm). Because theory can predict a_mu to 0.6 ppm, and ongoing efforts aim to…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2017-08-23 David W. Hertzog

We review the status of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon as a precision probe of physics beyond the Standard Model (SM) after the release of the final results from the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) Muon $g-2$…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-19 David W. Hertzog , Martin Hoferichter

A new measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon, $a_{\mu} \equiv (g-2)/2$, will be performed at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. The most recent measurement, performed at Brookhaven National Laboratory and completed…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-01-20 Wesley Gohn

The Muon g-2 Experiment (E989) at Fermilab measures the muon magnetic anomaly, aiming to resolve the greater than 3$\sigma$ discrepancy between the previous measurement and the Standard Model calculation with an improved precision of 140…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-10 Ran Hong

This paper will cover the physics and methods behind Fermilab's Muon g-2 Experiment, along with the long-awaited results from Run-1. The experiment was undertaken to resolve the tension between the Standard Model and the previous…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-02-24 Alexander Tewsley-Booth

The muon magnetic anomaly, $a_{\mu}=(g_{\mu}-2)/2$, plays a special role in the history of the Standard Model (SM). Precise calculations and measurements of this fundamental quantity provide a stringent test of the SM and a window to the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-06-17 Alex Keshavarzi , Kim Siang Khaw , Tamaki Yoshioka

The Muon g-2 experiment E989 at Fermilab measures the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon $a_\mu$ with improved precision compared to the Brookhaven (E821) experiments. The Brookhaven results are in tension with the Standard Model by more…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-02-24 Alexander Tewsley-Booth

A new measurement of the magnetic anomaly $a_{\mu}$ of the positive muon is presented based on data taken from 2020 to 2023 by the Muon $g-2$ Experiment at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL). This dataset contains over 2.5 times…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-06-04 The Muon $g-2$ Collaboration , : , D. P. Aguillard , T. Albahri , D. Allspach , J. Annala , K. Badgley , S. Baeßler , I. Bailey , L. Bailey , E. Barlas-Yucel , T. Barrett , E. Barzi , F. Bedeschi , M. Berz , M. Bhattacharya , H. P. Binney , P. Bloom , J. Bono , E. Bottalico , T. Bowcock , S. Braun , M. Bressler , G. Cantatore , R. M. Carey , B. C. K. Casey , D. Cauz , R. Chakraborty , A. Chapelain , S. Chappa , S. Charity , C. Chen , M. Cheng , R. Chislett , Z. Chu , T. E. Chupp , C. Claessens , F. Confortini , M. E. Convery , S. Corrodi , L. Cotrozzi , J. D. Crnkovic , S. Dabagov , P. T. Debevec , S. Di Falco , G. Di Sciascio , S. Donati , B. Drendel , A. Driutti , M. Eads , A. Edmonds , J. Esquivel , M. Farooq , R. Fatemi , K. Ferraby , C. Ferrari , M. Fertl , A. T. Fienberg , A. Fioretti , D. Flay , S. B. Foster , H. Friedsam , N. S. Froemming , C. Gabbanini , I. Gaines , S. Ganguly , J. George , L. K. Gibbons , A. Gioiosa , K. L. Giovanetti , P. Girotti , W. Gohn , L. Goodenough , T. Gorringe , J. Grange , S. Grant , F. Gray , S. Haciomeroglu , T. Halewood-Leagas , D. Hampai , F. Han , J. Hempstead , D. W. Hertzog , G. Hesketh , E. Hess , A. Hibbert , Z. Hodge , S. Y. Hoh , K. W. Hong , R. Hong , T. Hu , Y. Hu , M. Iacovacci , M. Incagli , S. Israel , P. Kammel , M. Kargiantoulakis , M. Karuza , J. Kaspar , D. Kawall , L. Kelton , A. Keshavarzi , D. S. Kessler , K. S. Khaw , Z. Khechadoorian , B. Kiburg , M. Kiburg , O. Kim , N. Kinnaird , E. Kraegeloh , J. LaBounty , K. R. Labe , M. Lancaster , S. Lee , B. Li , D. Li , L. Li , I. Logashenko , A. Lorente Campos , Z. Lu , A. Lucà , G. Lukicov , A. Lusiani , A. L. Lyon , B. MacCoy , R. Madrak , K. Makino , S. Mastroianni , R. McCarthy , J. P. Miller , S. Miozzi , B. Mitra , J. P. Morgan , W. M. Morse , J. Mott , A. Nath , J. K. Ng , H. Nguyen , Y. Oksuzian , Z. Omarov , W. Osar , R. Osofsky , S. Park , G. Pauletta , J. Peck , G. M. Piacentino , R. N. Pilato , K. T. Pitts , B. Plaster , N. Pohlman , C. C. Polly , D. Počanić , J. Price , B. Quinn , M. U. H. Qureshi , G. Rakness , S. Ramachandran , E. Ramberg , R. Reimann , B. L. Roberts , D. L. Rubin , M. Sakurai , L. Santi , C. Schlesier , A. Schreckenberger , Y. K. Semertzidis , M. Sorbara , J. Stapleton , D. Still , C. Stoughton , D. Stratakis , D. Stöckinger , H. E. Swanson , G. Sweetmore , D. A. Sweigart , M. J. Syphers , Y. Takeuchi , D. A. Tarazona , T. Teubner , A. E. Tewsley-Booth , V. Tishchenko , N. H. Tran , W. Turner , E. Valetov , D. Vasilkova , G. Venanzoni , T. Walton , A. Weisskopf , L. Welty-Rieger , P. Winter , Y. Wu , B. Yu , M. Yucel , E. Zaid , Y. Zeng , C. Zhang

The precise measurement of the muon anomalous magnetic moment $a_\mathrm{\mu}$ has stimulated much theoretical and experimental efforts over more than six decades. The last experiment at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-10-25 Martin Fertl

We present a new measurement of the positive muon magnetic anomaly, $a_\mu \equiv (g_\mu - 2)/2$, from the Fermilab Muon $g\!-\!2$ Experiment using data collected in 2019 and 2020. We have analyzed more than 4 times the number of positrons…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-10-18 D. P. Aguillard , T. Albahri , D. Allspach , A. Anisenkov , K. Badgley , S. Baeßler , I. Bailey , L. Bailey , V. A. Baranov , E. Barlas-Yucel , T. Barrett , E. Barzi , F. Bedeschi , M. Berz , M. Bhattacharya , H. P. Binney , P. Bloom , J. Bono , E. Bottalico , T. Bowcock , S. Braun , M. Bressler , G. Cantatore , R. M. Carey , B. C. K. Casey , D. Cauz , R. Chakraborty , A. Chapelain , S. Chappa , S. Charity , C. Chen , M. Cheng , R. Chislett , Z. Chu , T. E. Chupp , C. Claessens , M. E. Convery , S. Corrodi , L. Cotrozzi , J. D. Crnkovic , S. Dabagov , P. T. Debevec , S. Di Falco , G. Di Sciascio , B. Drendel , A. Driutti , V. N. Duginov , M. Eads , A. Edmonds , J. Esquivel , M. Farooq , R. Fatemi , C. Ferrari , M. Fertl , A. T. Fienberg , A. Fioretti , D. Flay , S. B. Foster , H. Friedsam , N. S. Froemming , C. Gabbanini , I. Gaines , M. D. Galati , S. Ganguly , A. Garcia , J. George , L. K. Gibbons , A. Gioiosa , K. L. Giovanetti , P. Girotti , W. Gohn , L. Goodenough , T. Gorringe , J. Grange , S. Grant , F. Gray , S. Haciomeroglu , T. Halewood-Leagas , D. Hampai , F. Han , J. Hempstead , D. W. Hertzog , G. Hesketh , E. Hess , A. Hibbert , Z. Hodge , K. W. Hong , R. Hong , T. Hu , Y. Hu , M. Iacovacci , M. Incagli , P. Kammel , M. Kargiantoulakis , M. Karuza , J. Kaspar , D. Kawall , L. Kelton , A. Keshavarzi , D. S. Kessler , K. S. Khaw , Z. Khechadoorian , N. V. Khomutov , B. Kiburg , M. Kiburg , O. Kim , N. Kinnaird , E. Kraegeloh , V. A. Krylov , N. A. Kuchinskiy , K. R. Labe , J. LaBounty , M. Lancaster , S. Lee , B. Li , D. Li , L. Li , I. Logashenko , A. Lorente Campos , Z. Lu , A. Lucà , G. Lukicov , A. Lusiani , A. L. Lyon , B. MacCoy , R. Madrak , K. Makino , S. Mastroianni , J. P. Miller , S. Miozzi , B. Mitra , J. P. Morgan , W. M. Morse , J. Mott , A. Nath , J. K. Ng , H. Nguyen , Y. Oksuzian , Z. Omarov , R. Osofsky , S. Park , G. Pauletta , G. M. Piacentino , R. N. Pilato , K. T. Pitts , B. Plaster , D. Počanić , N. Pohlman , C. C. Polly , J. Price , B. Quinn , M. U. H. Qureshi , S. Ramachandran , E. Ramberg , R. Reimann , B. L. Roberts , D. L. Rubin , L. Santi , C. Schlesier , A. Schreckenberger , Y. K. Semertzidis , D. Shemyakin , M. Sorbara , J. Stapleton , D. Still , D. Stöckinger , C. Stoughton , D. Stratakis , H. E. Swanson , G. Sweetmore , D. A. Sweigart , M. J. Syphers , D. A. Tarazona , T. Teubner , A. E. Tewsley-Booth , V. Tishchenko , N. H. Tran , W. Turner , E. Valetov , D. Vasilkova , G. Venanzoni , V. P. Volnykh , T. Walton , A. Weisskopf , L. Welty-Rieger , P. Winter , Y. Wu , B. Yu , M. Yucel , Y. Zeng , C. Zhang

The muon magnetic anomaly, $a_{\mu}$, is a powerful test of the Standard Model of particle physics. A new experiment at Fermilab has recently measured $a_{\mu}$ with unprecedented precision, confirming the results of the earlier Brookhaven…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2022-05-16 K. R. Labe

We present the first results of the Fermilab Muon g-2 Experiment for the positive muon magnetic anomaly $a_\mu \equiv (g_\mu-2)/2$. The anomaly is determined from the precision measurements of two angular frequencies. Intensity variation of…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-04-14 B. Abi , T. Albahri , S. Al-Kilani , D. Allspach , L. P. Alonzi , A. Anastasi , A. Anisenkov , F. Azfar , K. Badgley , S. Baeßler , I. Bailey , V. A. Baranov , E. Barlas-Yucel , T. Barrett , E. Barzi , A. Basti , F. Bedeschi , A. Behnke , M. Berz , M. Bhattacharya , H. P. Binney , R. Bjorkquist , P. Bloom , J. Bono , E. Bottalico , T. Bowcock , D. Boyden , G. Cantatore , R. M. Carey , J. Carroll , B. C. K. Casey , D. Cauz , S. Ceravolo , R. Chakraborty , S. P. Chang , A. Chapelain , S. Chappa , S. Charity , R. Chislett , J. Choi , Z. Chu , T. E. Chupp , M. E. Convery , A. Conway , G. Corradi , S. Corrodi , L. Cotrozzi , J. D. Crnkovic , S. Dabagov , P. M. De Lurgio , P. T. Debevec , S. Di Falco , P. Di Meo , G. Di Sciascio , R. Di Stefano , B. Drendel , A. Driutti , V. N. Duginov , M. Eads , N. Eggert , A. Epps , J. Esquivel , M. Farooq , R. Fatemi , C. Ferrari , M. Fertl , A. Fiedler , A. T. Fienberg , A. Fioretti , D. Flay , S. B. Foster , H. Friedsam , E. Frlež , N. S. Froemming , J. Fry , C. Fu , C. Gabbanini , M. D. Galati , S. Ganguly , A. Garcia , D. E. Gastler , J. George , L. K. Gibbons , A. Gioiosa , K. L. Giovanetti , P. Girotti , W. Gohn , T. Gorringe , J. Grange , S. Grant , F. Gray , S. Haciomeroglu , D. Hahn , T. Halewood-Leagas , D. Hampai , F. Han , E. Hazen , J. Hempstead , S. Henry , A. T. Herrod , D. W. Hertzog , G. Hesketh , A. Hibbert , Z. Hodge , J. L. Holzbauer , K. W. Hong , R. Hong , M. Iacovacci , M. Incagli , C. Johnstone , J. A. Johnstone , P. Kammel , M. Kargiantoulakis , M. Karuza , J. Kaspar , D. Kawall , L. Kelton , A. Keshavarzi , D. Kessler , K. S. Khaw , Z. Khechadoorian , N. V. Khomutov , B. Kiburg , M. Kiburg , O. Kim , S. C. Kim , Y. I. Kim , B. King , N. Kinnaird , M. Korostelev , I. Kourbanis , E. Kraegeloh , V. A. Krylov , A. Kuchibhotla , N. A. Kuchinskiy , K. R. Labe , J. LaBounty , M. Lancaster , M. J. Lee , S. Lee , S. Leo , B. Li , D. Li , L. Li , I. Logashenko , A. Lorente Campos , A. Lucà , G. Lukicov , G. Luo , A. Lusiani , A. L. Lyon , B. MacCoy , R. Madrak , K. Makino , F. Marignetti , S. Mastroianni , S. Maxfield , M. McEvoy , W. Merritt , A. A. Mikhailichenko , J. P. Miller , S. Miozzi , J. P. Morgan , W. M. Morse , J. Mott , E. Motuk , A. Nath , D. Newton , H. Nguyen , M. Oberling , R. Osofsky , J. -F. Ostiguy , S. Park , G. Pauletta , G. M. Piacentino , R. N. Pilato , K. T. Pitts , B. Plaster , D. Počanić , N. Pohlman , C. C. Polly , M. Popovic , J. Price , B. Quinn , N. Raha , S. Ramachandran , E. Ramberg , N. T. Rider , J. L. Ritchie , B. L. Roberts , D. L. Rubin , L. Santi , D. Sathyan , H. Schellman , C. Schlesier , A. Schreckenberger , Y. K. Semertzidis , Y. M. Shatunov , D. Shemyakin , M. Shenk , D. Sim , M. W. Smith , A. Smith , A. K. Soha , M. Sorbara , D. Stöckinger , J. Stapleton , D. Still , C. Stoughton , D. Stratakis , C. Strohman , T. Stuttard , H. E. Swanson , G. Sweetmore , D. A. Sweigart , M. J. Syphers , D. A. Tarazona , T. Teubner , A. E. Tewsley-Booth , K. Thomson , V. Tishchenko , N. H. Tran , W. Turner , E. Valetov , D. Vasilkova , G. Venanzoni , V. P. Volnykh , T. Walton , M. Warren , A. Weisskopf , L. Welty-Rieger , M. Whitley , P. Winter , A. Wolski , M. Wormald , W. Wu , C. Yoshikawa

A precision measurement of the anomalous magnetic moment (g-2) of the muon has been made by the E821 collaboration at BNL. This paper is a written version of a ``hot topics'' talk at ICAP2002 (Cambridge, MA). The principles of the…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2019-08-14 William Morse